Brett Berlin practices in the areas of business bankruptcy, financial restructuring, and other insolvency and debtor/creditor matters. His work is both in- and out-of-court, including litigation, transactional, and advisory contexts. Brett has led or played significant roles in representations of chapter 11 debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official committees, avoidance action defendants, debtor "insiders," lease and contract counterparties, non-debtor plan proponents, and purchasers of distressed assets.
A few examples of these engagements include Borden Chemicals & Plastics (debtor), Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (creditor), Burlington Industries (debtor), Chrysler/Old Carco (debtor), Dana Corporation (debtor), GAF Materials Corporation (creditor, asset acquisitions), Georgia Gulf Corporation (restructuring, creditor, asset acquisitions), International Specialty Products (creditor, avoidance action defendant), the Orbital Imaging Corporation Unsecured Creditors Committee, Pillowtex (debtor), and The Southern Company (avoidance action defendant).
In addition, Brett has represented numerous Firm clients in nonbankruptcy civil litigation in state and federal courts, including cases concerning breach of contract, contract interpretation, employment-related covenants, fraud and misrepresentation, letters of credit, the federal False Claims Act, and other complex commercial matters.
Brett is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Since summer 2003, he has served on the advisory board for the Emory University Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He is a regular participant in the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program for high school students and the Atlanta Bar Association's pro bono Reaffirmation Project for unrepresented consumer debtors.